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'Lift ban on nicotine alternative' 

THE BEST hope of reducing the UK's growing cigarette death toll lies in an alternative tobacco product banned across Europe, a Welsh MP will claim today.

Paul Flynn is advocating the use of a cross between snuff and chewing tobacco - known as snus - for nicotine addicts as a less damaging alternative to cigarettes.

The Newport West MP believes the UK should follow the example of Sweden where one in five men use snus but lung cancer rates and other smoking-related diseases are the lowest in Europe.

And he will lead a debate in Parliament this afternoon, urging the Government to back a bid to over-turn the Europe-wide ban on snus.

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